BILL NUMBER: SCR 5	CHAPTERED  06/08/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   46
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 8, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JUNE 2, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 10, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kelley
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Bock, Brewer, Briggs, Calderon, Cardenas,
Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Dickerson,
Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Granlund,
Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House, Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox,
Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Lowenthal, Machado,
Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano,
Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero,
Runner, Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson,
Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson,
Wiggins, Wildman, and Zettel)

                        JANUARY 13, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5--Relative to a sister state
relationship with the State of Baja California, Mexico/relacion de
hermandad con el Estado de Baja California, Mexico.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 5, Kelley.  Baja California, Mexico:  sister state
relationship/relacion de hermandad con el Estado de Baja California,
Mexico.
   This measure would extend an invitation to the people of the State
of Baja California, Mexico, to join with California in a sister
state relationship/relacion de hermandad con el Estado de Baja
California, Mexico.




   WHEREAS, The people of California and the State of Baja California
in Mexico share a common border and a mutual history, ancestry,
culture, art, and architecture of Spanish and Native American
civilizations; and
   WHEREAS, Gaspar de Portola, Baja California's former Governor,
made significant contributions in the exploration of California and
the establishment of the state's first presidio in 1769; and
   WHEREAS, The States of California and Baja California share many
geographical, agricultural, and economic similarities, including
beautiful coastlines on the Pacific Rim, significant irrigated
agricultural areas, and a strong level of tourism; and
   WHEREAS, A sister state relationship would promote mutual trade
and commerce and increase the potential for commercial relationships
between small, medium, and large companies in California and Baja
California; and
   WHEREAS, A sister state relationship between California and Baja
California would facilitate the exchange of environmental protection
information and other scientific and technological knowledge,
especially in the areas of water and transportation, and would
provide a forum for sharing legislative solutions; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California,
on behalf of the people of California, extends to the people of the
State of Baja California in Mexico an invitation to join with
California in a sister state relationship (relacion de hermandad con
el Estado de Baja California, Mexico) in order to encourage and
facilitate mutually beneficial educational, economic, and cultural
exchanges and to lead to a more indelible and lasting relationship
between California and the citizens of Baja California; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Congress of Baja California, to the Governor of
Baja California, to the Governor of California, and to each Senator
and Representative from California in the Congress of the United
States.
